Autonomo Spain shares five years of experience with tax guides, tools, services, and clear explanations for freelancers in Spain.
Hi, I’m Adrienne. I’ve been autónoma in Spain for many years, and in this website I’ve put together some of what I’ve learned — and what I wish I’d known or had easy access to when I was starting out. More about me.
Over the years, I’ve worked with all sorts of clients in Spain, Europe and across the world and taken on all kinds of projects during my rather adventurous journey as an autónomo in Spain. Alongside the actual work, I’ve had to learn the ins and outs of the bureaucracy, work with tax deadlines, tracking revenue and expenses, even redoing an invoice or two because I got the format or VAT wrong.
It’s been a massive learning curve, but now I feel like I know what I’m doing, and I thought some of what I’ve picked up might be helpful to you too. So I decided to write it all down.

VeriFactu is caught up in delays, a new Royal Decree pushes the start date to 1 July 2027 for autonomos and 1 January 2027 for other businesses.

Tarifa Plana is the first year discount for new freelancers/autonomos in Spain. There are conditions though…

IRPF is Spain’s personal income tax. If you’re self-employed, you must file it annually and may also make quarterly payments through Modelo 130.

My experiences setting up a print-on-demand store in Europe. Taxes! Delivery times! Issues with printing and more!

Prodigi has manual order approval, EU-based partners, & WooCommerce integration — all pluses for a print-on-demand business based in the EU.

A Spanish digital certificate is a tool that to access electronic services. Cl@ve and idCAT are alternatives that can also be used across official Spanish services.

TRADE is a special contract if your Spanish client equals 75% of your work. Info for when you only have one client.